Understanding Rib stress fractures and the mechanics behind them

Understanding rib stress fractures and the mechanics behind them in rowing; We have posted quite a lot about rib stress fractures and any commentary on them has always been in our most popular articles so we thought we give you the chance to access a previous Row360 magazine article we wrote on the mechanical aspects of their etiology or cause. This is by no means the only path to a ‘stressie’, nutritional and physiological factors are also key yet these mechanical issues are in most cases easily modifiable or even avoidable.